The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-03
THE DRUMMER AT HOTELS.
Different Peculiarities of the Travel
ing Statesmen on the Road.
From, the Merchant Traveller.


From, the Merchant Traveller.
A young man with black eyes and NOUS
tache, unshaven face and wearing a loud
checked suit of clothes, and carrying a small
valise and traveling-bag, sauntered up to
the clerks desk in the Willard yesterday.
Hello, JOhnnie!n exclaimed newcomer, as
he deposited his baggage on the floor and
addressed the man behind the marble coun-
ter. Without waiting for reply from the
clerk, who pushed the register toward the
newcomer, the latter continued as Jakey
herei Don't you know Jakev: Oh!
what're giving us. / mean Jakey Rosen-
blatter. Not herei Well, hen be here,
and we want rooms close together. That's
a mighty pretty pin you've got ON. Is it a
real sparkle What did it stand you up
just send my things TO the room" Hes
fair sample of "A Jewish travelling man who
was not born in this country" remarked a
veteran hotel clerk, who had been a silent
observer of the scene. ''He has not been
out on the road for any great length of time.
1t is still fun for him. He will meet some
friend after the business is transacted
and good bills of goods sold, and
they will have a time They will
paint the town tonight, but tomorrow
they will he ready for business Unlike the
Americans, they never let pleasure interfere
with business, although they don't believe
III ignoring any of the pleasant things that
come across their path. Hotel life seems to
agree with them. Nine chances to one he
will have Il friend with him to supper. An
American makes an effort TO get meal in
some private family, but a foreigner is
never happier than when he is dining in an
extensive hotel They are a great people
for show, and next to diamonds a big
house Of almost any character catches
their fancy. But they are rustlers
An old man with gray hair and well-round-
ed body toyed with a cane as he made his
way from the Douglass street door to the
counter. He gave an attending bell boy
his small valise and, having registered his
name, he turned to the clerk and asked:
Any kilograms! No. Let me see the
RS know there must be letter there
for me. We'll, you're right; there is no
letter. | guess they misunderstood my
route, for | ought to have a letter to-day.
Darn this travelling business A man has
no right to engage in it, especially
if he's married and has a delicate
that telegraph Office open' No! The main
office is down on Thirteenth street, near
Douglas, isn't itf' THAT man" continued
the old hotel clerk, as the gray-haired trav-
eler departed for the telegraph office, 'is
veteran on the road. He probably has
sick wife and is anxious about her condi-
ton. He voiced his desire when he ex-
place was at home. The novelty of the
travelling mans life and experience has
worn off with him. 1t is simply business
Nothing in the hotels ever suit him, and the
linen on the beds, he claims, is not properly
aired. He is worried over something all
the time. His thoughts are at home, and
everything on the table is contrasted with
the way his wife cooks it this usually is in
favor of the home cooking. He Is a pretty
fair type of the old married drummer Thew
are always complaining about something,
and when there are two or more hotels in
place they will get up some kind of a row
aud change from one 10 the other The next
trip they change back and so it goes"
just then two men, one q fashionably
dressed young fellow and the other a dis
sipated-looking individual, walked in from
the billiard room. Those two," continued
the speaker, ARE the dude and drunkard of
the trade. The former is masher' of the
most pronounced type. He wears good
clothes, in fact puts all his salary on his
back, and is always on the lookout for girl
He walks down the streets and stareS at
every young lady he meets. In the theatres,
stores and churches he attempts to make an
impression, and even carries his MASKING
proclivitieS so far that a dining room
girl or chambermaid at the hotel must
stand his impertinent quiZzng and CONVEX
sation. lie is perfectly harmless as a rule;
has no bad habits other than his MASKING
He seldom drinks, and playing billiards is
one of his worst wicked doings. In fact. he
is a weak sister, thinks more of his clothes
than any thing else, and makes that his
hobby. His companion is a jolly good fellow
but he viii drink to excess He is pretty full
now or you wouldn't catch him with that
dude He is a good salesman, and al
though his employers know of his little
spTees, they overlook them because they
know that no new man can cover the terri
tory or sell the bills that the jolly, but dis
SipatCd drummer can do when he is sober
Some day the dude will have his head
punched by the brother or friend of some
young lady whom he has insulted and his
MASKING will cease. Some day the Jolly
fellow viii have dolirium tremens, and he'll
make his last trip TO a cemetery"